or MAJORIS, in Anatomy, the ninth pair of nerves, called also linguales and gustatorii. See Anatomy.

HYPOGLOTTIS or HYPOGLOSSIS, (composed of ἴνο under, and γλῶττα tongue), in Anatomy, is a name given to two glands of the tongue. There are four large glands of the tongue; two of them called hypoglottides, situated under it, near the venae ranulares: one on each side of the tongue. They serve to secrete a kind of feros matter of the nature of saliva, which is discharged into the mouth by little ducts near the gums.